Postdoctoral researcher

Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral position at the Philosophy Department of the University of Geneva, in the framework of the SNSF Starting Grant Project ‘Metaphysics We Can Believe In’.

The Geneva Philosophy Department is one of Europe’s leading centres for analytic philosophy. It is the home of Eidos – the Centre for Metaphysics, Thumos – the Research group on Emotions, Values and Norms, and of numerous third-party funded research projects in core areas of theoretical philosophy. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to join an international community of scholars, and to carry out their research in a vibrant and friendly intellectual environment.   

Responsibilities:

- Carrying out research in metaphysics / philosophy of mind / epistemology, broadly related to the project’s goals (see the project description);

- Participating in, and assisting in the organization of, the project’s research activities (reading groups, conferences, workshops);

- Attending some of the main research events organized by the department (particularly, the Eidos and Thumos seminars).

Requirements

- PhD in philosophy;

- Fluency in English;

- Capacity to publish original research in international, peer-reviewed journals;

- Some familiarity with and/or interest in philosophical issues having to do with the first person, perspectival thought, self-locating / indexical belief, self-locating evidence and rationality, de se/de nunc content, self-/time-biases and/or related topics in epistemology and the philosophy of mind;

- Some familiarity with and/or interest in philosophical issues having to do with tensed, egocentric and other kinds of perspectival facts, realism / anti-realism, internal realism, transcendental arguments and/or related topics in metaphysics and metametaphysics.

Applications from members of underrepresented groups are especially welcome.

Gross salary: Starting at 67'336 per year (employment rate 80%). Salary, employment rate and length of the contract may be adjusted depending on the candidate’s academic age and prior experience. The position comes with a travel allowance for attending conferences and workshops.

A description of the project is available at https://www.giovannimerlo.com/project